Grammar Test

Student: ……………………….. Points: …………………..

I ..Put the word in brackets in the most appropriate form:

1.Much of this town ..................................(destroy) by fire in the 16th century.
2. Next year, a new school ..........................(build) here to hold about 1,000 students.
3. Today, around 9 o'clock, a famous painting .................(steal) from a museum by an armed gang
and the Police are already questioning the museum employees.
4. My brother's friend .................(bite) by a dog last spring and had to ..................(take) to hospital.
5. Today, Argentina and Chile ..................(expect) to vote on a treaty.
6. A special prize .....................(give) to the person who will have helped us find the culprit.
7. He ...........................(tell) to work harder if he wanted to keep his job.
8. This work must …………………….(do) immediately.
9. English ...............................(speak) all over the world.
10. She ..............................(say) to be living in Spain now.
11. Last year, we wanted to buy this house but unfortunately it .......................(already buy) by a
young couple.
12.I .......................(bite) by my boyfriend's dog today morning.
13.Marmolade ...................(make) from fruit, from plums, for example.
14.Three people .............................(injure) in the accident that I saw last Friday.
15................................................. (speaking loudly/forbid) in the churchs?
16.I ........................... (wake) up by some noise today morning.
17.Kate ...................................... (not/like) by many people.
18.That coversation ................................................(not/finish) until we come to an agreement.
19.We ...................................(warn) againts thieves in a city where we stayed last winter.

II Detect and correct the errors:

1. Your jacket can be hang up over there.
2. Thirty more people were layed off last week.
3. The road was blocking off.
4. The protesters being held back by the police.
5. The old cinema is being pull down.
6. The keys must have been being left behind.
7. The inconvenience will made up for by this money.
8. The flood water was be kept back by barriers
9. The criminal were locked up.
10. The candle was blow out by the draught.
III Paraphrase using the beginning given:
1. They built this castle in 1756.
This castle ...................................................................................................................................
2. The mechanic has repaired my car.
My car………………………………................................................................................……..
3. They will obey him, don't worry!
He …………………………………………….............................................................................
4. They are painting the kitchen.
The kitchen…………………………………………...................................................................
5. They had prepared everything for the party.
Everything .....................................................................................................................................

IV Paraphrase using the word given:

1. Hemingway wrote this novel in 1932.
................................................................................................................................................... (was)
2. They make such shirts in China.
................................................................................................................................................ (made)
3. People must not take their cameras inside the factory
................................................................................................................................................... (be)
4. The gardener has watered the flowers
............................................................................................................................................... (been)
5. I finished my work at 2 pm.
............................................................................................................................................ (finished)

Write A or P according to the sentence if it is active or passive.

1. Thirty more people were laid off last week.---------------------
2. The workers blocked off the road.---------------
3. The old cinema is being pulled down.-------------
4. The inconvenience will be made up for by this money.-----------
5. Barriers were keeping the flood water back.-----------------
6. The criminal was locked up.--------------
7. The draught blown the candle out.-----------------------
I
1. WAS DESTROYED
2. WILL BE BUILT
3. HAS BEEN STOLEN
4. WAS BITTEN, BE TAKEN
5. ARE EXPECTED
6. WILL BE GIVEN
7. WAS TOLD
8. BE DONE
9. IS SPOKEN
10. IS SAID
11. HAD ALREADY BEEN BOUGHT
12. WAS BITEN
13. IS MADE
14. WERE INJURED
15. IS SPEAKING LOUDLY FROBIDDEN
16. WAS WOKEN
17. IS NOT LIKE
18. WON’T BE FINISH
19. WERE WARNED

II
1. Your jacket can be hung up over there.
2. Thirty more people were laid off last week.
3. The road was blocked off.
4. The protesters are being held back by the police. or: The protesters were being held back by the police.
5. The old cinema is being pulled down.
6. The keys must have been left behind.
7. The inconvenience will be made up for by this money.
8. The flood water was being kept back by barriers.
9. The criminal was locked up.
10. The candle was blown out by the draught.
III
1. This castle WAS BUILT in 1756.
2. My car HAS BEEN REPAIRED.
3. He WILL BE OBEYED , don't worry.
4. The kitchen IS BEING PAINTED.
5. Everything HAD BEEN PREPARED for the party.

IV
1. This novel WAS WRITTEN by Hemingway in 1932.
2. Such shirts ARE MADE in China.
3. Cameras MUST NOT BE TAKEN inside the factory.
4. The flowers HAVE BEEN WATERED .
5. My work WAS FINISHED at 2 pm.